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Once I went professionally to an archaeological expedition- and I learnt something there. In the course of an excavation, when something comes up out ...more

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Wwhat the hell? Weve all got to die sometime!

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I should have known when I first saw that picture. For it is a very remarkable picture. It is the picture of a murderess painted by her victim-it is t...more

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When the sun shines you cannot see the moon," he said. "But when the sun is gone ah,when the sun is gone.

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But when you say crazy, that describes very well what the general appearance may be to ordinary, everyday people.

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Your idea of a woman is someone who gets on a chair and shrieks if she sees a mouse. That's all prehistoric.

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the elephant can remember.

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The man who came into the room did not look as though his name was, or could have ever been, Robinson. It might have been Demetrius, or Isaacstein, or...more

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Use that fluff of yours you call a brain.

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In an English village, you turn over a stone and have no idea what will crawl out.Miss Marple

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When the sea goes down, there will come from the mainland boats and men. And they will find ten dead bodies and an unsolved problem on Indian Island.

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From now on, it is our task to suspect each and everyone amongst us. Forewarned is forearmed. Take no risks and be alert to danger. That is all.

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One little Indian left all alone, he went out and hanged himself and then there were none.

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I'm sorry, but I do hate this differentiation between the sexes. 'The modern girl has a thoroughly businesslike attitude to life' That sort of thing. ...more

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The Roar of the engine penetrated through Bertram's Hotel from the street outside. Colonel Luscombe perceived that Ladislaus Malinowski was one of Elv...more